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PFONT SIZE=4Author Note: I am just typing this one out without writing it firstBR
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Roger Bacon: so its gonna be crap.BR
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Miffy: HEY! What are you doing here? I thought I told you to do my homework! Anyway, ignore hatboy, the term I would prefer to use is less . . . refined.BR
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Bacon: She means it saves time. . . AND DONT CALL ME HATBOY! BR
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(Miffy starts killing Roger Bacon with a toastrack. Dont ask me, its Friday, I dont have to make sense on Fridays.)BR
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UPart One, Chapter 2: Trying Your Luck/UBR
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It is a clear bright day. A small breeze ruffles the trees in Fengtian and the sky is blue with only a few clouds. Despite all this, there is a cold edge to the morning air. Malkovich stands on the roof of a small weapons shop. She pulls out her black radio handset, large and clumsy by todays standards but the best available at that particular time. She presses in the button combination for Kawashima quickly and expertly. There is the usual burst of static, then a silence indicating her cue to speak.BR
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Come in Kawagoe, this is Malkovich in Fengtian. Do you read me, Kawagoe?BR
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Kawashima answered, sounding snappy and annoyed as usual.BR
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Malkovich, its about time. Have you completed step one of your mission objective yet?BR
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No, but Ive been tracking them and Im just about to plant the bomb. Ive got them in a shop, send out the radio message soon, and thatll drive them out. But Kawashima, are you sure that this plan will work, it does seem to rely overly on chance-BR
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Then youd better not take any extra ones this time, had you? Right Malkovich, are you ready, because the radio broadcast is going on air nowover and outBR
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Malkovich called, mostly to annoy the lieutenant-colonel. It worked, and in her office in Kawagoe, Kawashima fumed as she sent a message to air the radio broadcast.BR
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Malkovich set the bomb and waited.BR
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As she waited, she prepared herself for the part she would be playing for some time now. She would still be a spy, but that was the only similarity. She would hate the Japanese Army, and the bomb Yuri and Alice would get mixed up with would have been planted to save civilians by luring them outside the train station shed just set another bomb in. Malkovich enjoyed this part of the job. And she was surprised how easy it felt to tell herself she was against the army. It hardly even felt like acting. She pushed this thought to the back of her mind. She didnt think this was the right time to deal with her subconscious.BR
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The explosion rang out, louder than Malkovich had been prepared for, and it surprised even her. She realised that while she had been getting herself into character Kawashima must have sent out the radio message and the bombs countdown had ended. She looked down, and, surprisingly, things had gone to plan. A thin blonde girl who fitted Eliotts description and a tall young man with messy brown hair were indeed unconscious on the ground below. She jumps down, mentally switching into her character as she does so. She walks towards the man as he begins to come round.BR
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h-hey nows with the big boom alla sudden He opens his eyes. Woah! Lady, I can see yourBR
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Malkovich giggles. IThis is where the fun starts. . .BR
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Good, youre alive. Thank God the bomb I designed to SAVE people didnt end up killing them! Anyway, I hope you got a good look, sonny boy. Just think of it as my apology. She turns to the young woman, who is still struggling into consciousness. And how are you, missy?BR
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m all right, replied Alice, who clearly wasnt. Right on time, two privates from the Japanese Army appeared. They were there to make sure everything was going all right, and provide backup if it wasnt. Malkovich doubted the day would ever come when shed need bailed out by a couple of privates.BR
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Hey look! A white woman! And theres a guy with her!! Theyre the people from the radio!! Malkovich feels their acting is wooden to the point of arousing suspicion and shoots a look which indicates they should get the hell out of there.BR
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Call for reinforcements!! H-hurry, we gotta inform the captain! The pair run off.BR
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Ha! Cowards! About what Id expect from Kawashimas mentheir main talent seems to be running away. She laughs despite herself. So theyre after you too, are they?!BR
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The young man was outraged. re not bomb-toting terrorists, ya hear? Jeez lady, my ears are still ringing!BR
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t worry, thatll clear up. Malkovich had noticed that Alice, supposedly responsible for brutally killing a train full of armed guards, had stayed silent, staring shyly at the ground for most of the time shed been talking to the man. It didnt fit her description at all. She found it hard to imagine this girl killing anything. IBut I cant rely on instincts. Im lying. How do I know she isnt?BR
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Now, she thought, she had to somehow persuade them to want her to join them. And she didnt think looking too eager was the right way to go about it. She had a feeling that they would follow her if she left.BR
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Now then, Ive gotta get out of here before they come back but. . .what are you gonna do? I cant babysit but you can come with me if you want. Okay, Im going on ahead. See ya!BR
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She paused a second in an attempt to sense their reaction. Not wanting to wait long in case they noticed, she climbed down a nearby manhole, knowing sewers were the best way of travelling unseen. She was certain that theyd follow her. All she had to do now was wait.BR
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